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   Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 07:39:07 JST Kit Malone

   The #survival skills I learned as a poor #Indiana redneck didn't have much to do with the suburban prepper fantasy play I see a lot of these days.

   For us, survival was mostly about knowing how to:

   Fix things that break..
   Feed ourselves with little $.
   Make things instead of buying.
   Be good to our neighbors.

   During Trump's first botched pandemic response and tradewar buffoonery, I remember *well* how little was on the shelves, how expensive it was and how having those skills helped.

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     Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 07:39:04 JST Kit Malone

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     But looking at current events ... I can't help but think about "survival" and what it means. And how it looks like those skills are going to be needed.

     And how much of them are so much less about "how do I hole up in a bunker with a bunch of ammo and canned peaches" and more about "how do I make friends in my community and share knowledge and skills."

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     Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 07:39:05 JST Kit Malone

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     And I'm not locked in now, and the grocery shelves are full, and me and my husband have a good income. For now.

     But I *still* practice all of those skills. 2020-2023 ... changed how I think about them.

     And y'all I get up to some crazy shit, and people sometimes shake their heads at my various household projects.

     But I like knowing that I can *do* things rather than buy them. And I'm more proud of the end result. And my paycheck likes that I know how to be thrify.

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